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Mahavastu [sanskrit verses and english]
by Émile Senart | 1882 | 56,574 words
This is the Sanskrit Mahavastu: a lengthy work on Buddhist teachings and narratives belonging to the school of early Buddhism (Mahasanghika). This edition only includes those metrical verses occuring in the various stories and Jatakas, as well as the corresponding English translation by J. J. Jones.
Verse 45.6
सा उत्तरित्वा पुरतो तम् अब्रवीत् किं माणव मार्गसि सागरातो ।
आख्याहि अस्माकं वयं अपि अनु- दास्याम मापद्य विहन्यमानः ॥ ६ ॥
sā uttaritvā purato tam abravīt kiṃ māṇava mārgasi sāgarāto |
ākhyāhi asmākaṃ vayaṃ api anu- dāsyāma māpadya vihanyamānaḥ || 6 ||
She came out of the water and standing before him asked, “Young man, what do you seek from the sea? Tell us, and we shall give it to you, lest we suffer misfortune and be destroyedI.” (6)
English translation by J. J. Jones (1949) Read online
Glossary of Sanskrit terms
Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (45.6). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.
Uttarin, Uttari, Tva, Yushmad, Kim, Manava, Sagara, Atu, Akhya, Ahi, Asmaka, Asmad, Vaya, Api, Anu, Dasi, Dasya, Mapa, Viha,
Analysis of Sanskrit grammar
Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Mahavastu Verse 45.6). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.
- Line 1: “sā uttaritvā purato tam abravīt kiṃ māṇava mārgasi sāgarāto ”
- sā* -
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so (noun, feminine)[accusative plural]
- uttari -
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uttarin (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]uttarin (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]uttarī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]uttarī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]uttarī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
- tvā -
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tvā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]yuṣmad (pronoun, none)[accusative single]
- purato -
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- tam -
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ta (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]ta (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]tā (noun, feminine)[adverb]tan (noun, masculine)[adverb]sa (noun, masculine)[accusative single]
- abravīt -
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√brū (verb class 2)[imperfect active third single]
- kim -
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kim (indeclinable interrogative)[indeclinable interrogative]kim (indeclinable)[indeclinable]kim (pronoun, neuter)[nominative single], [accusative single]
- māṇava -
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māṇava (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- mārgasi -
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√mārg (verb class 1)[present active second single]
- sāgarā -
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sāgara (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]sāgara (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]sāgarā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- āto -
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ātu (noun, masculine)[vocative single]
- Line 2: “ākhyāhi asmākaṃ vayaṃ api anu- dāsyāma māpadya vihanyamānaḥ ”
- ākhyā -
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ākhya (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]ākhya (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]ākhyā (noun, feminine)[nominative single]
- ahi -
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ahi (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]ahī (noun, feminine)[adverb], [vocative single]ahī (noun, masculine)[adverb], [vocative single]
- asmākam -
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asmāka (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]asmāka (noun, neuter)[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]asmākā (noun, feminine)[adverb]asmad (pronoun, none)[genitive plural]
- vayam -
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vaya (noun, masculine)[adverb], [accusative single]vayā (noun, feminine)[adverb]asmad (pronoun, none)[nominative dual]
- api -
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api (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]ap (noun, neuter)[locative single]
- anu -
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anu (indeclinable adverb)[indeclinable adverb]anu (indeclinable preposition)[indeclinable preposition]anu (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]anu (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]anu (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]
- dāsyām -
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dāsī (noun, feminine)[locative single]√das -> dāsyā (participle, feminine)[accusative single from √das]
- a -
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a (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]
- māpa -
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māpa (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]māpa (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- dya -
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√dā (verb class 4)[imperative active second single]
- viha -
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viha (noun, masculine)[compound], [vocative single]viha (noun, neuter)[compound], [vocative single]
- nya -
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ni (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]ni (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]ni (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]nī (noun, masculine)[compound], [adverb]nī (noun, neuter)[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]nī (noun, feminine)[compound], [adverb]ni (Preverb)[Preverb]
- amānaḥ -
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√mān (verb class 1)[imperfect active second single]
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Mahavastu Verse 45.6
The Mahavastu
by J. J. Jones (1949)
Translated from the Buddhist Sanskrit